Superfund Designation Lifted For Part Of Industri-Plex Site

WOBURN, MA — Part Woburn's Industri-Plex site is no longer a contaminated Superfund site, the Environmental Protection Agency determined, Monday.

The 10.7-acre 200 Presidential Way parcel no longer poses human and environmental health concerns, the agency said. That site is no longer restricted to commercial uses.

The remainder of the former glue and chemical plant remains a Superfund site with ongoing health concerns. The state and federal governments have been working on the site since 1980s, due to groundwater and soil contamination.

“EPA is very proud to be taking action to remove a portion of this Woburn, Massachusetts site from the federal Superfund list,” said EPA New England Regional Administrator Dennis Deziel in a statement. “We are making good on our commitment to protect the people we serve and support local community revitalization by allowing land to be safely redeveloped for productive use when cleanup measures have been successfully completed."

The EPA estimates that the full site will be ready for reuse in late 2023.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.